Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,093
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$13,147
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,747
Nebraska costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nebraska — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$66,240
Kept after tax
$53,093
Worth in national money
$58,747
State rank
2
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $66,240, which ranks 2 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 20.24% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Nebraska reports figures for, this is number 150.
- Here is where Nebraska does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $66,240 you keep $53,093, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $58,747 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $66,090, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nebraska ranks 2 of 49 states publishing a median for environmental science and protection technicians, including health, at $66,240 — about 20.24% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Nebraska's occupational distribution, environmental science and protection technicians, including health sits at 150 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Nebraska income tax, retained pay for environmental science and protection technicians, including health on $66,240 is $53,093. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $58,747 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $66,090 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,040 |
| This salary | $66,240 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Nebraska | $53,093 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,404 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,733 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $63,365 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,357 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of environmental science and protection technicians, including health in Nebraska earn under $66,240 and half over. The published range runs $40,350 at the tenth percentile to $89,040 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $53,093 take-home in Nebraska comes from $66,240. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 150 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,747, the adjusted value of that $66,240 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 150 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for environmental science and protection technicians, including health in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,350 to $89,040; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $53,093, from $66,240, assumes a single Nebraska filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 150 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $58,747 — the adjusted value of that $66,240 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 150 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $40,350 at the bottom tenth to $89,040 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nebraska is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $58,747 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Nebraska then takes its own share, leaving $53,093.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,350) and the ninetieth ($89,040) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Nebraska's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $58,747 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $53,093 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Nebraska income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.